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9/11 Family Members Sign WTC Beam in NYC

Sept. 11 victims' family members and others signed a 53.5-ton steel beam Sunday that is to form part of the base of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site.

The steel beam, which is to be put in place at ground zero this week, was on display in Battery Park City a few blocks from the trade center site Sunday.

Karen Miller signed in memory of her brother, firefighter John Santore.

"I want people to remember everyone who was lost and to remember him," she said.
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